Folding bed



Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

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E. DREFS.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED vac-9,1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2 0 1921.

Application filed December 9, 1919. Serial IlO. 343,375.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD Dnnrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Clackamas and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Folding Bed. of which the following is a specification.

F or touring purposes it is desirable to provide a bed which may be reduced to a compact form for convenience of handling and stored so as to occupy a relatively small space, whereby it may be readily carried as an accessory and which may be quickly set up for use and easily folded to a relatively small bundle so as not to occupy a great amount of space thereby adapting it to be *arried in the car or other vehicle.

While the invention provides a bed primarily intended for outdoor use when camping, the construction'is such that the bed may be used indoors or wherever desired, the novelty residing in the structure, permitting the bed to be folded and unfolded. When set up for use, the bed is capable of sustaining ordinary use. 'rls a whole, the inventionis simple, light, durable and lasting and may be easily handled by the average person and set up and reduced to coinpact form without the use of tools.

The drawings illustrate a. preferred embodiment of my invention. However, it is to be understood. that in adapting the same to meet different conditions, various changes in the form, proportion and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings hereto attached-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a folding bed embodying the invention showing the same set up for use,

Fig. 2 is a side View of the bed,

Fig. 3 is an end view, parts being broken away and parts in section,

Fig. 4 is aview of the parts illustrated in Fig. 3 showing the same in folded position, and

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the stays.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following specification and indicated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The bed comprising a bottom 1, legs 2 and stays, the latter being provided in suthcient number to hold the bed in adjusted posi- 'in stretched condition at all tion when set up. Fig. 1 there will be four stays, one for each corner of the bed. The stays comprise a number of parts which are so constructed as to enable the bed to be readily subjected to tension wherebythe bottom is maintained times when the bed is properly set up.

The bed tion and as shown comprises a plurality of sections which are constructed in a manner to admit of the sections folding one upon the other so as to provide a small and compact bundle. The several sections are connected by means of links 3 and as shown most clearly in Fig.1, the sections are of like size and formation and the links are such as to admit of the sections folding one upon the other. Contractile helical springs at connect the bed bottom with end bars and are relied upon to yieldably support the bed bottom.

Each end bar comprises similar or like sections 5 and 6 which are hingedly connected as indicated at 7. A bar 8 is secured at one end to one of the sections and projects beyond the hinge point 7 so as to engage the other section to which it is made secure by means of a bolt or like fastening. As shown most clearly in Fig. 3, the bar 8 is riveted or otherwise secured at one end to the sectionfi. and its projecting end is adapted to underlap the section 6. to which it it is secured by means of the bolt 9. it will thus be understood that the bar 8 extending across the hinged point 7 braces and strengthens the two sections 5 and 6 and holds them in extended position.

The legs 2 are of like formation, each being provided at its lower end with a foot 10 and having a lateral extension 11 at its upper end to engage the under side of the end bar so as to hold the leg in upright position. The leg 2 preferably consists of a bar which has one end bent upon itself to form the foot 10 which is a triangular outline. The opposite end of the bar is bent laterally to form the extension 11. An eye at the upper end of the leg receives a pivot fastening 12 which may consist of a bolt or fastening of any form. A clamp 13 is secured to the terminal portion of each end bar and the upper end of the leg is preferably connected thereto by means of fastenings 12 which extend through registering openings in the side members of the clamp and which As shown most clearly in.

bottom 1 may be of any formapass through the eye at'the upper end of the leg. The legs are disposed so that the feet 10 and the lateral extensions 11 face outward thereby giving the best support.

- connects the stay to a link 18 which is looped into an opening formed in the terminal portionof theend bar. A pin 19 connects the outer ends of the companion bars comprising the member 14 and is adapted to engage one of a number of notches 20 formed in an edge of the member 15 whereby the length of the stay may be regulated. The notches 20 are enlarged or undercut at their inner ends so as to engagethe pin or fastening 19 .and prevent disengagement of the members 1 1 and 15 when adjusted. The ends of the member 15 are curved as shown most clearly in Fig. 5 and the rod or member 16 is connected to the upper curyed end of'the member-15, whereas the opposite curved end of the member 15terminates in a hook 521 which is adapted to engage the member 16 and hold the partscomprising the stay in adjusted position. The outer or lower end of the member16 is adapted to engage a peg 22 or other suitable anchoring element whereby the stay is made secure when the bed is set up. When the bed is used in the open, the pegs 22 are driven into the ground but when the bed is setup indoors the anchoring elements 22 may consist of any suitable fastening means whereby the stays may be securely fastened.

WVhen'the bed is folded or reduced to compact form, the several sections comprising the bottom will fold one upon the other and the end bars will double upon themselves so that the sections 5 and 6 and the legs occupy a position one upon theother as indicated most clearly in Fig. 1. The stays are likewise folded. When the bed is setup for use, the end bars are strengthened and braced by the bars 8 in the manner herein set forth indicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig.

5. The parts are so adjusted that when the hooked end of the member 15 is swung up ward the parts will assume the position substantially as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5 and when the hooked end of the member 21'is pressed downward the stay will be shorter thereby subjecting the bed bottom to tension, and by engaging the hook 21 with'the member 16 the stay is maintained in the required position thereby holding the bed bottom under tension. It will be understood that the construction is such as to admit of the bed being quickly set up and readily reduced to compact form so as to be conveniently carried upon an automobile or other vehicle. 7,

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 7 Ina bed, the combination of a foldable bed bottom and foldable end bars, the latter comprising hingedly connected sections and bars extending across and bracing the hinged point, a leg pivotally secured to said end bar near each end thereof, each leg having the pivotal end thereof provided with a substantially right angular extension for engagement with the underside of said end bar to hold the leg in an upright position, an angular extending foot formed upon the lower end of each leg and extending in the same direction from the leg as the right angular extension above mentioned, and said angular extending foot provided with an inclined brace that is secured at its top end to the said leg for keeping the foot from bending upwardly.-

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. g V EDWARD DREFS. Witnesses:

E. T. ELMER,

' S. E. PETERS. 

